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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-03-23
HE HIT THEM AGAIN.
The Presidents "Sense of Humor" In
Again Nominating a Negro for Register
of Deeds of the District of Columbia.

The Presidents "Sense of Humor" In
Again Nominating Negro for Register
of Deeds of the District of Columbia.
With the laudable purpose of finding
q colored man worthy Of succeeding
Fred Douglass as Recorder of Deeds
for the District of Columbia, President
Cleveland has now nominated James
Monroe Trotter, of Massachusetts,, for
the place. Mr.. Trotter is q colored
Democrat, and once lost a lucrative
position in the Boston post-officc for
his inability to see political questions
through the same eyes as his distin-
guished Republican Civil-Service reform
associates did. In addition to this he
was soldier during the war and has
since gained some fame and money as
an author. Highly recommended by
the Democrats and Mugwumps of Bos.
ton, he will enter upon the discharge
of the duties Of the office under very
flattering circumstances.
How he will fare in the Senate is not
yet known. Matthews, his immediate
predecessor, also a negro, was twice
rejected in that body because of his
color. As James Monroe Trotter is. il
any thing, a little blacker than
Matthews, the chances are that he, too,
will 60 by the board. People who as
sert that Mr.. Cleveland is dull and
heavy, without proper appreciation
of humor, will be compelled to modify
their Judgment in view of developments
relating to the selection Of a successor
to Douglass. He not only has a keen
sense of humor, but he manifests an
intimate knowledge Of practical poll
tics which will have to be acknowl-
edged. When he came into Office
he had the cry ringing in his ears that
the Democrats would ignore the negro
and perhaps re-enslaye him. Helooked
around to see what the Republicans had
done in the way Of giving the black
man offices, and he found one man,
not very highly colored, either, in
place, and he concluded that he would
at least do as well. With the expira.
ton OF Douglass term he appointed
Matthews. When he was rejected by
the Republican Senate he reappointed
him, under the impression that posi-.
bly, the Senate had made a mistake
and when he was again rejected he Sc
lected Massachusetts negro of cult
ure, undoubted loyalty and unques
toned Democracy. 1t certainly is moi
the Democratic President who is stand
ing in the way of the black man.
Chicago Herald.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-03-23
HENRY /. BIOSSAT, Business Manager
BEHIND THE VAIL.

Behind her vail, behind her vail,
Adown the street my lady glides;
We know not whether rose or pale
The cheek that floating fabric hides.
1t may be smiles, it may be tears
That safe from sight the tissue holds.
The flush Of youth, the lines Of years,
Alike are hidden meath it's folds.
Behind vail, behind vail,
We hide our lives from friend and foe;
To smile and jest we never fail,
Though heart and sense are stepped in woe,
Beneath a calm reserve of pride
Concealed alike are love and hate:
Our noblest impulse oft we chide,
And thus we masquerade with Fate.
Behind vail, behind vail
God hides the future from our eyes;
We know not il the chilling gale
Or golden suns behind it rise.
The joys that thrill, the griefs that blight
Alike are shrouded from our ken;
With Him, whatever is, is right"
We can but humbly say, amen"
Harriet iSta,ead in Current
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-03-23
pIrH AND POINT.

There is altogether too much bust
ness about rheumatism for it ever to
become a fashionable complaint.
Washington Critic "a
He You don't sing or play? Then,
presume, you write or paintP. She
o, no; Tn like the young men we meet
in society," simply sit around and try
to look intelligent. -Harpers Bazaar. ),
Mans wants.
Man wants but little here below
OF wealth's bright golden calf:
But when he gets the horns and heels
He wants the other half.
-Gorhdns Mou'staiseer.
The largest diamond known is that
of the Rajah of Mattan, in Borneo. It
is not stated whether Mr.. Rajah is
summer-resort hotel clerk OF an end
man in minstrel troupe. -NorristoDfs [
Herald
Little boy pulls reveler in a sa-
loon by the coat-tail. what do you
want, Tommy?' "Come home, pa.
Ma has been waiting with the poker for
Won for the last two hours. - eras
SJtings.
"A mesalliance at Tuxedo-Mrs.
Rapide-Aren't you going to join us
after the bag this morning, Tom? Mr..
Rapide Cwho does not believe in his
wife's infatuation) Thanks, no dear.
I've got to stay at home and do little
sewing. -Iyd-Bits.
Omaha teacher-What is the great
distinction between men and animals?
Bright girl-Men can talk and animals
can't. THAT is not sufficient, though.
because scientists now assert that mon
keys can talk 20 yes, of course; SO
can dudes. '-Omaha World.
Mrs. Grudge-What do you sup
pose possessed Mrs. Brown to tell me
your mother kept clearinghouse,
Mrs. Parvenue? Sally Parvenue (who
is precocious) Perhaps it was the
same reason that made her tell mann
ma that your father drove a hack. =
Life.
"A young man was admiring his
young lady's hair. What u lovely
shade of brown it is. wonder what
you would call it?'' he said. She smil-
ed sweetly and answered, chestnut.
The young man left, saying, indignant
ly, "he didn't mind joke, but did
draw the line at young lady using
slang" /,
Miss Ethel-Have you seen the
new American book of heraldry? Miss
Blancbe-No; have your mot yet,
but have sent for it; you ought to get
one, too, and see if your name is in
'.That would only be waste of money;
I know it is in. It is in every book. !.
ut lisp" eyes; my name is Smith.
you know Omaha World.
Though married to most charm
ing woman, the manager Of West
end shop is mashed on ballerine
over the way. Last week he intrusted
to the chambermaid the carrying Of q
billet-doux to his fair inamorata. "And
remember, Kate, not word. " You
can rely upon me; sir. In such mat
tiers am as discreet as the tomb. Ask
missus. ~ London Paper
Mrs. Minks-Mercy me! Did you
everp A young girl got delirium tre-..
mems from chewing tea leaves. Mr.
Minks-Well, / hope that will be \
warning to you; you drink entirely too
much tea. eyes, l know. do, but
you don't drink any tea, and really
/ feared you were getting that way the
other night. well, I'll have to stop
chewing SO much coffee. y Chicago
/ Tribune.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-03-23
in THE TEcHE COUNTRY.
Grand Scenery in the Far-Famsd Land of
the Acadians.

Grand Scenery in the Far-Famsd Land of
the Acadians.
The panorama is always interesting.
There are wide silvery expanses Of
water, into which fall the shadows of
great trees. A tug is dragging along
a tow of old RATS composed of cypress
logs all water-soaked, green with
weeds and grass, so that it looks like a
floating garden. What pictures!
Clusters Of oaks ons the prairie; a
picturesque old cotton-press; house
matched with palmettoes; rice fields
irrigated by pumps; darkies, field
hands, men and women, hoeing in the
cane fields, giving stalwart strokes
that exhibit their robust figures; an old
sugar-mill in ruin and vine-draped; an
old begass chimney against the sky; an
antique cotton-press with its moulder-
ing roof supported on timbers; a darby
on mule motionless on the bank,
clad in Attakapas cloth, his SLOUGH
hat falling about his head like a roof
from which the rafters have been
withdrawn; palmettos, oaks and
funereal moss; lines of Spanish.
bayonets; rickety wharves; primitive
boats; spider-legged bridges. Neither
on the Teche nor the Atchafalaya, nor
on the great plain near the Mississippi,
fit for amphibious creatures, where one
standing on the level wonders to see
the wheels of the vast river steamers
above him, apparently without cause
revolving, is there any lack of the
picturesque.
New Iberia, the thriving part of the
region. which has drawn away the life
from St. Martinsville, ten miles further
up the bayou, is a village mainly Of
small frame houses, with a smart court
house, a lively business street, a few
pretty houses, and some old-time man.
sions on the bank of the bayou, half
smothered in old rose gardens, the
ground in the rear sloping to the water
under the shade Of gigantic oaks. One
of them, which. with its outside stair
cases in the pillared gallery suggests
Spanish taste on the outside, and in
the interior the arrangement of con-
Meeting rooms French chateau, has
self-keeping rose garden, where one
might easily become sentimental; the
vines disport themselves like holiday
children, climbing the trees, the side
of the house. and revealing in an
abandon of color and perfume. IS
Charles Dudley Warner, IN Harper's
Magazine.
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tected IN various places. And in tlia
Cretaceous rocks some of the forami-
nifera are the same as those now
dredged up from the bottom of the
ocean.
AS we ascend the scale of time leav-
ing behind us the shadowy realms of
the far past, and come to the most re-
cent rocks, we find the labors of the
geologist mingled with those of the
archeologist and historian. In their
united labors we have cord of three
fold strand to draw up the full buckets
of knowledge from the wells
of the past. In the study of
the caves, the three sciences
alluded to overlap, and their devotees
work together. Volumes of interest
ing lore, fascinating as the legends of
fairyland or the magic tales of Arabia,
are there written in the hieroglyphics
of vaulted dome and hanging stalactite,
of buried bone and coin and imple-
ment of varied use. The many races
of men who inhabited the land in pre-
historic times appear again on the
scene; something of their manner OF
life is revealed. Again they hunt the
mammoth bison and bear over the
broad plains and through the thick
forests At one time we see them
using the dog, the horse and the hare
for food. Strange revolutions have
taken place in this matter of
diet. The dog early passed out
of favor, and its use has not been
revived. The horse was used rs food
in Roman Britain and after the En- lish
invasion; it was afterwards forbidden
by the church, because used by the
Scandinavians in honor of their god
Odin; now, it is used in France and
other countries. The Britons, how
ever, would not est the hare-it was
held to be unlawful to do so. The re-
volying hand of time has changed this,
and we now accept the hare as fit for
food.
Even the rude artists of those prim-
tive times when man was a cave
dweller have left us specimens of
their skill. In the caves Of Dordogne, in
the south of France, are found horns
and bones with spirited carvings of
reindeer, bison, hex, and birds done
upon them. One of the most inter-
esting of these relics is the portrait of
mammoth carved on the tusk Of the
same, from the cave of La Madelaine,
in Dordogne. Simple as these artistic
attempts are, they tell us that man was
not altogether uncivilized. This must
be admitted, even if we regard these
carvings as the most advanced art of
that day, which, perhaps, we have no
right to do.
What part of the art of to-day will be
recorded in the stony pages of the geo.
logical future? Not the highest, as
suredly; and so it may have been in
the past. The bold and striking,
though simple, likeness of the mann
moth seems to tell us that the artist
had seen and hunted full often. We see
him sitting at the entrance Of his cave
after the excitement of the chase and
the satisfaction Of the subsequent feast,
engraving the likeness of the animal
on its own tusk! Thus, as the painter
takes simple mineral powders and yege-
table extracts, and with them makes
upon the canvas eloquent glow
ing pictures of life, so imagination
works up the dry bones of fact until the
past is again enacted before u.s.
Chambers Journal.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-03-23
INSTEAD OF HANGING.
What Electricians Say OF Taking Life by
Means of q Battery.

What Electricians say OF TAKING Lie Oy
Means of q Battery.
An electrician at the Edison building,
in Pearl street, where electricity is
manufactured for illuminating pur-
poses, wasasked how people might be
killed with neatness and dispatch by
electricity. He said that it was the
easiest matter in the world. All con-
demned man would have to do at the
hour and moment when he was toleave
the world for brighter climes, would be
to take hold Of two wires, oneconnected
with positive battery and the other
with negative battery. Acting thus
as a conductor between the two wires
the electricity would 60 through him
like astroke Of lightning. He would
die in an intinitesimal fraction of .
second. His taking off would be as
painless as it was sudden. He would
never know what had hit him.
He might stand on two plates, re.
ceive the electric current through his
toes and die with his boots on. He
might sit in a chair with his feet rest
ing on the plates, and die comfortably.
Killing the condemned by electricity
is a humane, civilized and scientific
way of disposing of them. A man is
usually sixteen minutes dying at the
end Of a hangman's rope, and he usn.
ally suffers great deal before death
comes to relieve him. A one-cell bat
terry would kill all the prisoners who
will ever be hanged in the Tombs
under the present law. The only peo-
pie opposed to the use Of electricity in
capital punishment. are the hangmen,
and they are opposed to it because il
| would throw them out of work. If the
| gallowses are taken down all the hang.
men in the country will strike.-M y
| Sk0r
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-03-23
You Should Never Do t.

Talk Of your private, personal or
family matters in public places.
Defer to another time what can be
done at the present moment.
Buy what thou hast no use for lest
ere long thou shalt sell thy necessaries.
Allow words to pass for more than
they are worth, but let them be worth
all that they will pass for.
Speak disrespectfully Of personal
appearance when any one present il
known to have personal defects
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-12-16
Public Sale.

The undersigned, living about one
mile west of the Yellowstone NJ. E.
church, in the town of Waldwick, will
sell at public auction at his residence
on Tuesday, Dec. 20, 1887, at l o'clock,
p. m. sharp, the following described
personal property, to-wit: Two COWS
four heifers, nine calves, one three
year old gelding, one yearling tilly. one
sucking colt, ten brood sows, one boar,
twelve sheep, 500 bushels of corn, $50
bushels of oats, 10 tons of good tame
hay 10 tons of oat straw.
Terms; All sums of SO or under,
cash; over that amount one years time
at eight per cent. interest on note with
approved security. Two per cent.
discount for cash. JAMES PILE.
n. X. Van Matre, Auctioneer.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-12-16
Pure Maple Syrup
Boots and Shoes

At Gales. Try it.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-12-16

Mr. W. F. Daley, Advertising Agent of
the Brooklyn Elevated Railroad, writes:
"Infammatory rheumatism swelled my
legs and arms to twice their natural size.
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Major Sidney Herbert, editor of the
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even more than its proprietors claim for it.
Mr.. Michael Long, Jr., with the Stro-
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Mrs. Amanda Iug.e. of Gastonia. n. C,
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for our family physician, who pronounced
it sorofula, and prescribed s. s S. for il.
gave the baby S. s S, and it son got
the disease under control. The sores are
healed. and the baby is well and healthy.
l know s. S S. saved its life, and told
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and prescribed 5. 5. 5. for the baby as soon
as he saw it had scrofula.
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mailed free. THE SWIFT SrECIE1c Co,
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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-12-16
CHRISTMAS CARDS
Reoos' Cherry Couuh Syrup.

At J.J.HANsCoM & Cos Book STORE
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-12-16
Mrs. Thomas Hartford. of Graysville,

Mrs. Thomas Hartford, of Graysville,
short distance east Of this city, met
with a painful and very serious acct
dent on Friday of last week. In go
ing out of her back door, where the
ground was rather steep and uneven,
she slipped and fell, breaking the thigh
bone of her right leg and dislocating
the hip Joint. As she was alone at the
house at the time, she lay where she
| fell for a considerable length of time
before any one came to her rescue.
When she was found and carried to
the house, DR.. w. L. Tallman, of this
city was called to attend her, and pro-
nounced her injuries as severe as above
stated. Mrs Hartford being over sixty
years of age, and having suffered
greatly from cold and exposure at the
time of the accident, her case is quite
serious, although her recovery is hoped
for.
On Tuesday of last week the sum
of eighteen dollars and seventy-five
cents was stolen from the pocket OF a
coat belonging to Willie Cox, which
was hanging in the office of David
Browns livery stable. Willie is en-
ployed by Mr.. Brown and had left his
coat hanging in the Office while he was
engaged in work about the barn.
Suspicion was soon fastened upon
Tarlton Christopher, colored. and better
known as tort" but no direct evil
dence could be obtained against him.
The case was given into the hands of
policeman w. J. Healy, who soon had a
chain of circumstantial evidence which
fastened the guilt Enthusiastically upon
the accused 1t was found that during
the week he had money unusually
plenty, and invested in number of
articles of luxury, the aggregate cost OF
which and the denomination of the
legal tender applied in payment there
of correspondent very closely to the
money which had mysteriously dis
appeared from Cox's pocket. When
the case was sufficiently worked up,
proceedings were commenced for the
arrest of the culprit; but tort who
had up to that time stoutly denied his
guilt, weakened and confessed taking
the money; and through the assistance
of his father Henry Christopher, who
is an old resident of this place and
bears a good reputation, settled the
matter by paying back the money
stolen and costs incurred. 1t is to be
hoped that tort " will see the error
of his way and keep his hands from
picking and stealing in the future.
The experience which he has just had
should teach him and others inclined
to appropriate to their own use what
does not belong to them, that their sin
will surely find them out and that they
will be brought to an accounting soon
RI or later. Willie Cox, from whom the
money was stolen is a poor, industrious
boy, and had the money not been re-
covered, he would have felt the loss
c.yarply
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-12-16
Renews Her Youth.

Mrs. Phoebe CheSley, Peterson, Clay
Co., Iowa, tells the following remark
able story, the truth of which is youch-
ed for by the residents of the town
:. L am % years old. have been troubled
with kidney complaint and lameness
for many years: could not dress myself
with out help. Now l am free from
all pain and soreness, and am able to
to do all my own housework. L owe
thanks to Electric BitterS for having
renewed my youth, and removed COM
pletely all disease and pain" Try a
bottle, soc. and 81, at c. r. Moffet's
Drug store
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-12-16
STRAY NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given by the under
signed that on the 9th day of Noyem-
Der, 1887, one red and white bull, with
white spot on left shoulder, white on
belly and some white on tail, coming
two years old, the owner of which is
strayed upon land occupied
by me, and on which | reside to wit:
The East half of the northeast quarter
of Section no. four a. of township no.
six o., north of range no. one %. east,
in the town of Highland, Iowa county.
Wisconsin, and was there found and
taken up by me.
Dated, this End day of Dec, 1887.
PATRICK T. kEYES.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-12-16
Business Notices.

Fresh oysters at j. A. Spratler's
Millet seed for hens, at D. Jacko's.
Christmas slippers at Penhallegon's.
Vermont Maple sugar at Spratler's.
Music Box to be given away at j.
j. Hanscom's.
Boys felt boots at Ed. Davey's
shoe store.
Music Box to be given away at J.
J. Hanscom's.
Choice spices and confectionery at
Spratler's.
A choice line of dried fruit of all
kinds at Gales.
California dried fruits speciality at
Spratler's.
Fresh Oysters dished up in all styles
at Duppler's. 7tf.
Choice canned fruits and fancy gro
ceries at Spratler's.
Headquarters for Christmas toys and
groceries at Spratler's.
Buy the Libby fine shoe, the finest
in the city at j. p Frieden's.
Albums. odor cases and work boxes,
at Cobb p. o.
Canned goods of all kinds-fresh, at
the store of Gorgen & Pittz.
/
All ripping of goods bought at Ed.
Davey's shoe store sewed free of charge.
J. A. Spratler will not be undersold
by any one and all goods warranted.
Good Japan tea at 25cts. per Id. at
the store of Gorgen & Pittz.
Something that will interest you dur
ing the holiday season, at Penhalle-
CONS.
Teas from 26c to soc. All guaran-
teed to be pure and of the first quality,
at j. A. Spratler's.
An elegant present given away! &c
and see about it, at Penhallegon's Shoe
Store.
\ fine assorted lot of nuts, raisins
figs, prunells, peaches, prunes and apri
cots at Spratler's.
, You can save enough to buy mic,
Christmas gift, by trading at Penhalle
CONS Shoe Store.
Felt foot wear of all styles, size
and description at the lowest possible
prices at E. ]. Davey's.
You will always get courteous treat
ment, good goods, and full dollar
value for every dollar expended at T
J. Dayey's shoe store.
Mrs. James Crawford is prepared +
do dressmaking in the latest styles
. and will give satisfaction to her Gus
e toners. Rooms over the store of Johl
I, Dave.
Call and examine E. J. Davey's com
plete line of felt shoes and slippers
The incest line in Iowa county at price
that take the lead. L. j. DAvEY.
A complete line of Arcties, Alaskai
rubbers, felt boots, and felt boot over
at prices that viii pay you to invest
gate at E. j. Davey's shoe store.
The removal of Prof. Sanborn, of \
r H., after being pronounced ineurabl
!. by score of physicians, from L.
q Vegas, n. NJ, to his home, was effeci
e ed by administering DR.. Harter's Iro
= Tonic, which has restored him to b
I former good health.
a We have several sets of Bob Sled
); for sale. Also the best and fine.
lie stock of Cutters to select from evt
E. shown in Mineral Point We sha
10 sell at low prices this season. Ca
e, early, and see if we can suit you. "
ID have one Fodder Cutter left, viii sc
le cheap and take part pay in wood.
MARTIN s ToAY.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-12-16
Not SO Years Old.

But new discovery is Hotf's Bal
sam for the throat and lungs. 1t has
and does cure contracted Consump-
ton; cures Coughs, Colds, Asthma,
Bronchitis, Group, and all throat and
lung troubles. For speedy cure it has
no equal. Money refunded if it fails
to cure you. Moffett, our popular drug
gist, has secured the sole agency for it.
Price Zoe, SOC and 81.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-12-16
HOLIDAY TRADE.

At Martin & Toay's between now and
New Years we shall offer bargains in
boys skates and sleds. We have just
received the largest stock ever offered
here of Granite Tea and Coffee pots,
silver plated Knives, forks and spoons
at special low prices. We shall sell
good muzzle loading shot guns at $500
and $1,000. Every lady purchasing to
amount of $1.00 will receive gratis a
useful article for the home